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Boracure H 1 PRQVED EFFECTIVE Kl » f i„ by independent N.Z. Sclentist # In tests of various wood-treating preparations, entomo- illC logists of the Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research demonstrated that Boracure's oil-soluble toxic (Pentach- jWL ' ; \ lorphenol) was entirely effective in the control of wood- h boring insects. In the tests, which covered several years' (. j' investigation, specimens of timber were impregnated with ====; J | / \\ | various oil-soluble and water-soluble toxics and subjected £ ij !«■ — • to borer attack. Pentachlorphenol came through with jj ; | \\ |> flying colours. ' * Sce "Tests with Timber Prcscrvatives in Nmv Zealand by J.M.'Kelsey I — The N.Z. Journal of Scicnce.& Technology, Vol. 27, May 1946, P.446. I pV Write to Roracure for reprinL ! r ' EGG LAY1NG TESTS WITH PENTACHLORPHENOL WITH WATER SOLUBLES f P«nt»ehlorphenol treat - E vcn untreated control Eggs wero laid almost as Plaeing ontreated control «d bloclu had NO EGGS blocks had no eggs laid on: freoly on blocks treatcd block» alongsidc those laid on th«m in an/ testi thcm whtn oied 'in test^ with water solublc toxiea trcated with water joland b««tlei. th«mselvej noa r pe'ntachlorpheool" aI on "ntreated control uble! did not prcvcnt died in a jhorter timo truted blocks. blocks alongside. Beetles profuse cgg laylng o» thanwhen inthopresenco cl'd not die, eggs hatchod controls i^uring testo. •f water solubr, ttlt and grubs lived for a con. Moclmens. iidcrablo time.
Pentachlorphenol proved to be extremely toxic to Borer insects which died without laying eggs— .even on untreated timber in the same cagel_ 4 • LARVAE TESTSj0amm — — — — ■— — S Eight months latcr tiv« jruht w«r« pUced blocks wcrc split open. !• hoies bored in blocks U \ ' PENTACHLORPHENOL «ach of which was treatad TREATED BLOCKS ALL with a different wood- , • > THE GRUBS WER# prciorving chemicaL DEAD, which was not so _ _ with many other toxics# * boracure for results ^geanincorporatSw lahw 139 Rangitikei Street (Next Ridd Milker) , "Spray Man.** .PALMERSTON NORTH. Phone 7768. N r *
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1948, Page 3
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